The doctor who hears voices part 4

The film follows Ruth's unorthodox journey with Rufus as she strives to combat the voice and regain her job.




Rufus May is a maverick psychologist. He believes there is no such thing as schizophrenia, that medication can destroy lives and that there's nothing wrong with hearing voices. Rufus is an authority on the subject. He was diagnosed with acute schizophrenia aged 18.




In this powerful and thought-provoking film, BAFTA-award winning director Leo Regan, takes a challenging look at how society deals with mental illness, using an innovative mix of contemporaneous documentary footage and dramatised scenes. To protect her anonymity, Ruth is played by BAFTA-nominated actress Ruth Wilson and some details have been changed.




With figures suggesting as many as one in four people suffer from mental illness at some point in their lives, the film prompts the question, how far can people who hear voices also continue to live a normal life?

Category:

Education

Tags:

• mental
• health
• clinical
• psychology
• psychiatry
• voices
• schizophrenia

[jenni560]

'mollycoddles their obsessions'?! Can't you see that people suffer because of these experiences? Why are you unable to grasp how important it is to have someone try to help you make sense of and gain control over what can be very difficult experiences?

[SFJane]

folks stop responding to DickMoonbeam. Look at his profile comments, his sole purpose is to troll mental health youtube for the last year, take a look at the urban dictionary entry on pseudointellectual, this guy is it

he is apparently an expert on every mental illness from autism to bipolar to SZ. he's been trolling this series of vids for over 2 weeks, it's pathetic

[JoNorris80]

Wow Rick, you are really harsh, I wouldn't want to have you to turn to if I ever had emotional difficulties! 'Mollycoddles'? Is that your attitude to anyone who is experiencing problems, whether they have been been given a psychiatric label or not?

As far as I can see, Rufus May is offering a compassionate and truly listening ear to a fellow human who is distressed. I can't imagine you are very kind to your own vulnerabilities or problems if that's your outlook.

[DiNKYWiNKYx3]

She wasnt blinking o.o.... D;

[azkeyz]

I just stopped at random to see what was going on.

I think what I'm seeing is MPD dissorder

since the word prophecy was used , I suggest psycho spiritual intervention and it better not be fake.

second recommendation , it's paganism to talk to the dead , you will stop pushing paganism on others or you will be paying the consequences of those actions when the paitent discovers you frauded them

she knows you are frauds already , you better clean up your act and fast

[morrowindmods]

I Want a voice like that id so talk to it all the time

[LJCampbell25]

The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn't exist.

[EliteHorde]

Damn this is so strange. It's like a demon in her trying to destroy her. Ofcourse that's not the case, but the voice is like her enemy

[thestrugglewithin]

@ladybard1968

2 Dr's said I had "gas" - they didnt listen to what I was describing the exp. I later researched and found it was a anticipatory panic-anxiety disorder. anti-depressants (which I stopped taking after a few days because I did not like the effect it had on my state of mind.

Later, a psychiatrist, whom fished for any traumatic experience to pin as the cause also anti-depressants. I will be pursuing a clin.psych degree.

Psychiatry is a shot-gun method; like chemotherapy.

[fluflecake]

@ladybard1968 ya ik bc i have it, i have a mental illness, i go crazy and i break down almost everyday now bc i have it. my mom is fighting for me not to go into a health hospital. its scary... very scary

[scumgod13]

Is this real, or a movie?

[shorteylove]

@ladybard1968 Why does psychiatrists ruin peoples lives?